Jim Pattison Quotes
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer.
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I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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I was an only child and grew up in York where my parents ran a surgical supplies shop. When I say I wish I had brothers and sisters, friends say it's not what it's cracked up to be, but I think it must be good to have someone who knew you from the beginning.
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In the Gulf region and nationwide, small businesses are an integral and crucial part of local economies and communities. They should not be overlooked.
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I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.
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I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.
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The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all.
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In 'The Founders,' his new book about top charter schools, Richard Whitmire traces both the 'revolution' these schools brought about in many American cities as well as a parallel phenomenon, 'the charter pushback campaigns.'
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My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really knew what he meant. Then I read an article that said when it comes to emotion and logic, men's and women's brains are different - my brother was right! Women are very mysterious, but that's part of their joy.
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John Spratt did a great job of constituent service. When somebody had a problem, he would jump on it. The reason I ran against him was that he was one way in the district and then when he got to Washington, he voted the opposite.
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It's been great having my little girl. It's like having a workout 24 hours a day. I don't need to go to the gym! I'm chasing after my daughter everywhere she goes.
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Don't be afraid to look silly.
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Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar.
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I've done that I was touring a couple of years ago with R. Kelly and the Lillith Fair, I would do the late night underground gigs as well because it's always around those times that there was a hot song, either on the radio or in the clubs, it would just be simultaneous.
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I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.
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I studied classical guitar in school, and that type of stuff has led to writing for Kronos.
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When 'Dynasty' was on, it was a huge deal when Diahann Carroll came on the show. That was groundbreaking.
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During school, I'd advertise cars in the University of British Columbia newspaper.
